Improvement in gloves



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Patented Noy. i- 8,`178743`.

l No. 144,665'.

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UNrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS G. FOSTER, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN GLOVES.

Specific-ation forming part of Letters Patent Nal/14,665, dated November18, 1873; application led October 18, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS G. FOSTER, of Gloversville, in the county ofFulton and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin the Manufacture of Leather Gloves, of which the following is aspecification:

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gloves, moreespecially designed for gloves made of buckskin or leather, butapplicable to gloves made of other material and it consists in the palmside and finger-pieces out in a single piece, with the En ger and thumbpieces suiiiciently long to turn over the ends of the ngers and thumb,and be attached to the material on the back.

Figure lis a view of the palm side of the glove. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the glove taken on the line m of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the palm of the glove. This is cut in a single piece of buckskin,leather, or other suitaable material, having the linger-pieces B outlonger than the iingers, so that they will turn over the ends of thengers, as seen in Fig. 2, and be attached to the back finger-piece O.

By this mode of construction I avoid the heavy seam at the ends of thefingers, and leave the ends soft and pliable. Leather gloves usuallycommence to rip at the linger ends,

but here there is no seam to rip. On account y i of the softness andpliability of the finger ends the glove is especially desirable forcarpenters gle piece, when the nger and thumb pieces are made to turnover at the ends, so as to be attached to the back, substantially asshown and described.

THOMAS G. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

W. D. WEST, JOHN FERGUSON.

